GRAL vs HIMS vs SHC Stock Comparison

Grail, Hims & Hers Health and Sotera Health Prices as of Nov 3, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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GRAL GRAIL, Inc.
$139.44 -2.7% 1M +55.3% 1Y
Market cap
$6.07B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$157.21M
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
1 win
SHC Sotera Health Co
$16.03 -12.0% 1M -3.5% 1Y
Market cap
$4.70B
P/E
27.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.23B
Div. yield
–
Diagnostic Labs Healthcare
3 wins

Head to Head

7 decided of 12

Hims & Hers Health leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (Hims & Hers Health 3, Sotera Health 3, Grail 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionGRALHIMSSHCLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $6.07B $6.25B $4.70B HIMS
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only -15.5x -44.0x 27.1x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — — 17.4x –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +17.1% +28.0% +6.9% HIMS
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -249.1% -5.5% 14.1% SHC
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 9.2% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — 3.1x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +55.3% -42.0% -3.5% GRAL
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years — +25.3%/yr -9.7%/yr HIMS
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 112.0% 87.4% 30.4% SHC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 41/100 61/100 SHC

Percentile Scorecard

GRALHIMSSHC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisGRALHIMSSHC
Valuation 7 #88 of 95 35 #62 of 95 54 #44 of 95
Growth 54 #41 of 88 38 #55 of 88 69 #28 of 88
Profitability 6 #82 of 87 40 #53 of 87 86 #13 of 87
Financial Health 99 #2 of 100 20 #80 of 100 34 #66 of 100
Shareholder Returns – 70 #18 of 58 –
Overall 42 41 61
  • GRAL ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • HIMS ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers
  • SHC ranked among 102 companies in Healthcare Providers

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodGRALHIMSSHCSPY
1 month -2.7%-11.2%-12.0% -2.0%
3 months +91.8%-20.0%-11.5% -2.2%
6 months +156.3%-2.3%+4.6% +4.2%
Year to date +62.9%-20.8%-9.1% +10.6%
1 year +55.3%-42.0%-3.5% +10.4%
3 years —+297.1%+21.3% +73.6%
3 years, per year —+58.4%+6.7% +20.2%
5 years —+208.5%-39.8% +61.6%
5 years, per year —+25.3%-9.7% +10.1%

Risk

MeasureGRALHIMSSHCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 112.0%87.4%30.4% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 127.3%80.6%31.1% 12.8%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.852.821.02 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.49-0.48-0.11 0.81
Max drawdown, 5Y -62.9%-78.9%-78.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.3%-42.0%-18.1% -3.2%
52-week high $158.92$44.39$19.57 $779.14
52-week low $43.03$14.52$13.13 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleGRALHIMSSHC
P/E now vs peer median -15.4xmedian 24.9x -42.0xmedian 24.9x 26.4xmedian 24.9x
P/S now vs peer median 39.6xmedian 1.6x 2.3xmedian 1.6x 3.7xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -13.3xmedian 15.2x -85.8xmedian 15.2x 11.5xmedian 15.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -21.0xmedian 20.7x 72.3xmedian 20.7x 33.8xmedian 20.7x
P/B now vs peer median 2.4xmedian 3.2x 18.5xmedian 3.2x 6.2xmedian 3.2x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.72 1.06median 0.72 0.72median 0.72

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsGRALHIMSSHC
Revenue $157.21M $2.58B $1.23B
Gross profit $75.51M $1.76B $671.74M
Operating income -$559.25M -$154.52M $413.72M
Net income -$391.59M -$142.00M $173.47M
Free cash flow -$296.16M $83.03M $135.43M
R&D $190.72M $183.38M –
EPS (diluted) $-9.08 $-0.61 $0.60
Cash & equivalents $55.65M $609.81M $412.38M
Total debt – – $2.14B
Shares (diluted) 43.11M 231.75M 289.22M
Enterprise value $2.94B $3.46B $3.27B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricGRALHIMSSHC
P/E -15.4x -42.0x 26.4x
P/FCF -21.0x 72.3x 33.8x
P/Operating cash flow -21.1x 22.8x 13.8x
P/S 39.6x 2.3x 3.7x
P/B 2.4x 18.5x 6.2x
P/Tangible book 8.2x -60.8x 9.8x
EV/EBITDA -13.3x -85.8x 11.5x
EV/EBIT -9.6x -33.4x 15.2x
EV/Revenue 34.1x 2.0x 5.1x
EV/FCF -18.1x 62.2x 46.5x
EV/Operating cash flow -18.2x 19.6x 19.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 1.06 0.72

Growth

14 metrics
MetricGRALHIMSSHC
Revenue growth (1Y) 17.1% 28.0% 6.9%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 53.7% 7.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 30.2% 15.0% 4.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 45.7% 7.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 11.6% -223.0% 11.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -43.7% 21.1%
Net income growth (1Y) 11.6% -173.3% 213.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – -44.6% 36.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 26.6% -181.3% 210.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -39.6% 36.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 20.3% 0.7% 38.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 117.6% 59.9%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 20.3% -37.3% 56.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 67.0% 33.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricGRALHIMSSHC
Gross margin 48.0% 68.4% 54.6%
EBITDA margin -257.6% -2.3% 44.7%
Operating margin -355.7% -6.0% 33.6%
Pretax margin -336.8% -6.3% 22.4%
Net margin -249.1% -5.5% 14.1%
FCF margin -188.4% 3.2% 11.0%
Operating cash flow margin -187.5% 10.2% 27.0%
Return on equity -15.5% -36.9% 24.8%
Return on assets -13.9% -4.8% 5.2%
Return on invested capital – – 9.2%
Return on capital employed -20.4% -10.5% 13.2%
Asset turnover 0.1x 0.9x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.8x -1.9x 1.9x
Stock comp / revenue 40.9% 6.0% 3.0%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricGRALHIMSSHC
Debt / assets – – 63.1%
Debt / equity – – 2.9x
Net debt / EBITDA – – 3.1x
Debt / FCF – – 15.8x
Liabilities / assets 10.6% 91.1% 78.4%
Equity / assets 89.4% 8.9% 21.6%
Interest coverage – – –
Current ratio 10.9x 0.9x 3.1x
Quick ratio 10.6x 0.8x 2.7x
Cash ratio 10.3x 0.6x 1.8x
Altman Z-score 7.04 1.51 1.81

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricGRALHIMSSHC
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 1.1% –
Shareholder yield – 1.1% –
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusGRALHIMSSHC
Forward P/E – – 17.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-9.05FY2026 $-0.62FY2026 $0.92FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – -221.6%FY2026 +7.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +21.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $169.78MFY2026 $3.34BFY2026 $1.33BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +15.4%FY2026 +42.0%FY2026 +14.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +38.2% +28.1% -4.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersGRALHIMSSHC
Held by institutions 85.4% 69.3% 100.0%
Institutions holding 374 510 316
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.4% +4.4% +5.9%
Institutions buying 183 325 220
Institutions selling 101 130 64
Buyers to sellers 1.81 2.50 3.44

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

GRALHIMSSHC
GRAL 1.00 0.23 0.22
HIMS 0.23 1.00 0.19
SHC 0.22 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, GRAL, HIMS and SHC?

Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) is the largest by market capitalisation: Grail (GRAL) $6.07B, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) $6.25B, Sotera Health (SHC) $4.70B.

Which company is growing faster?

Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Grail (GRAL) +17.1%, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) +28.0%, Sotera Health (SHC) +6.9%.

Which company is more profitable?

Sotera Health (SHC) has the highest net margin (Grail (GRAL) -249.1%, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) -5.5%, Sotera Health (SHC) 14.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Grail (GRAL) returned the most: Grail (GRAL) +55.3%, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) -42.0%, Sotera Health (SHC) -3.5%. Over five years, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) compounded fastest (Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) +25.3%/yr, Sotera Health (SHC) -9.7%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Sotera Health (SHC) has been the steadiest (Grail (GRAL) 112.0%, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) 87.4%, Sotera Health (SHC) 30.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, GRAL, HIMS and SHC?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Hims & Hers Health (HIMS) leads on 3. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.